Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-09-22
IRE. we find ourselves stcaming
.nlsd the crest Of Dump mountain on
81: ID to Veta Pass, 8, 400 feet above

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Lip to Veta Pass, 8, 400 feet above
tie "a level. Take all the most noted
legs along the six transccntinental
tIines Of railroad, and there is s no
more grand, constantly changing piano.
rama than that presented to the tourist
while making the trip up to Veta. 10
the right is yeta mountain. H., $50
feet. high. The Cucharas valley in
which La veta is situated Is bounded
on the north by the Greenhorn noun
tains, and it is about twenty miles to
the foothills The health seeker and
tourist may travel over all America
for more delightfully."- situated little
city with more beautiful and grand
natural scenery, for better climate
and summer home at which to recuper-
ate, only to be disappointed.
The mineral resources within ra-
dius of fifteen miles are Of the most
promising character and only begin
ming TO be developed. On the Spanish
Peaks are several mines, among others
is the Whale and Monarch mines.
They both produce thigh grade ore of
silver, lead and some gold. On veta
mountain the Rough Mountain Mining
company have some thirteen mines in
an advanced stage of development.
From essays Of ore all these mines
prove to be very rich in gold and silver
La Vcta is located centrally on the
vast coal field extending more than a
hundred miles from Canon City on the
north to Trinidad on the south. The
field is aboat twenty-five miles in
width and throughout produces an ex-
cellent quality of bituminous coal.
Within radius of five miles OF La
Veta twenty mines have been opened
whose veins run from four to eli ght
feet in thickness. 1t crops out and
rms with but little DIP making the
mining of 1t easy and not expensive.
The productions of the farm are a
great surprise to the new conner that
has always been accustomed to farming
it by the old-fashioned way, depending
on moisture by occasional showers from
the clouds. Space forbids full des-
criptlon of the Cucharas, Indian Creek
and Abetya valleys and the methods of
farming, but when the visitor sees
wheat that yields forty bushels per
acre; oats 100; barley %; potatoes 400,
and such dry, mealy palatable ones;
potatoes, that with the best havoured
butter this side of Vermont alone
makes feast fit for a king All
kinds of garden vegetables are grown
that would surprise st. Louis or Kan
sas City gardner and cause New Jer
sey man 10 think that he had never at
tanned the art of growing vegetables
even with expensive fertilizers.
The question may be asked, do they
dc. all this by irrigation? Yes, and |
have the first eastern man to tell me
here in Colorado that farms by irriga-
ton, that he would go back to less
healthful country and farm by the old
methods.
Now, the reader may ask who should
come to this section of Co dorado and
what are the future prospects? First
of all Is health, and without health
what is there in one short life time.
That there thousand all over the coun-
try east of Colorado that would be ben
Gifted by change of climate, thou
sands Of people il Colorado. stand ever
ready to testify thereto. A man can
bring his family here and spnd the sum-
mer for less money than he can 60 alone
to some high priced watering place to
swelter with the heat ten hours out Of
twenty-four. That the visitor has con-
fdence in the future of La Veta and
the surrounding country, I will state
that last week during L K. Holmes
excursion run from Kansas points along
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
road, $4,000 worth of real estate
changed hands That the town has
fortune and will run up to ), 600 people
within two years, none but the most
skeptical will doubt. | am under OBJ
legations to Messrs. Ryan & Moore, of
La Neta Tor courtesies extended during
my very pleasant visit here.
E'PRoyIso.
La Neta, Colorado, Sep. ), 1887.
There are said to be about 1:3O 600